Chances pleeaaaase

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<p>Asian Male in Tx.
Applying ED.</p>

<p>Stats:
• SAT: 2250 (750-CR, 760-Math, 740-Writing)
• PSAT: 221
• SAT IIs: 760 bio, 800 math IIC, 800 chem
• Rank: 2/523
• GPA: 5.714 (weighted) / 3.98 (unweighted)
• APs: 5 (World History), waiting for my junior ap scores</p>

<p>Projected Senior Schedule:
• Biology II AP
• English IV AP
• Calculus BC AP
• Gov/Eco AP
• Chinese IV AP
• Scientic Research and Design H
• Health/Speech</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
• Swimming (4 years, 18 hrs/week): 4 years varsity, regional qualifier, voted as the most valuable rookie during freshman year, our team won district 2 years in a roll
• Asian Interactive Youth Association (2 years, 3 hrs/week): cofounder, co-president,
• Red cross (4 years, 2 hrs/week): historian (11th), vice president (12th)
• Piano (13 years, 3hrs/week): achieved many awards
• YES program (150+hours of communitry service)
• Mu Alpha Theta (2 yrs)
• NHS (2 years)</p>

<p>Summer:
• 9th grade summer:
Summer league swim team (8hrs/week)
• 10th grade summer:
Volunteered in the radiology field at The Methodist Hospital (106 hours)
Took US History AP at Rice
• 11th grade summer:
Going to volunteer at the hospital again. Also, im still waiting for doctors to contact me about possible research/internship opportunities.</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
• Subject Area Award for AP computer science
• National Merit Semi-Finalist (most likely)
• Science National Honor Society
• All Districts Academic Excellence Award (all 4 years)
• School’s Academic excellence (all 4 years)</p>

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<p>welcome to rice if you keep up your grades</p>

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<p>I don't see how Rice can afford to reject you.</p>

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<p>haha
chances??? u mean SURE!!</p>

<p>damn cool... hope to see u thr (if u appky ED, u will :))</p>

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<p>Well, you are in Texas. That makes it much more difficult for you to gain admission... then there're the subjective parts to think about (essays, recommendations, geography, gender, race (in decreasing order of importance)).</p>

<p>You have a strong chance of admission. Still, if you're from Texas, and you carry these credentials, you ought to consider some schools like Rice but different from it (Yale? Northwestern? Vanderbilt? UChicago? UWashingtonSeattle?). It'd be a good adventure.</p>

<p>I love Rice, but going away to college has some positive side effects.</p>

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<p>I believe he wants to be a premed. For him, the positives of going to Rice simply outweigh the negatives. That's why he plans to apply ED.</p>

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<p>yup, i want to be premed. thanks for all the inputs! i've visited the campus countless times, and each time i visit, the more i want to attend this school. the campus. the atmosphere. the academics. the opportunities. everything suits me.</p>

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<p>and ull get in for sure... good combo</p>

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<p>u have a good chance but then again...i wont throw platitude at you. alot of applicants will have outstanding applications and get rejected too because there is just not enough spots for everybody. so work very hard on your essay, which is what illuminates your personality and sets you apart from all the people with the same numbers as you. like the newspaper said: "there were seven people competing for each spot" so do something that sets you apart from the 6 other dudes/dudettes. good luck. and remember...always have alot of backups.</p>

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<p>also, keep a eye out for possible recommendations. rice only needed two last year, so its not a big problem. </p>

<p>they dont have to be famous, etc etc</p>

<p>just have to know you very very well. they need to give not just a good rec, but a unique one. something that will set you apart from the others, add another side to your app.</p>